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- pronunciation:
- ihm
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
impossible to penetrate or enter; impervious.
The cave was narrow and impenetrable by humans.- synonyms:
- impassable, impermeable, impervious
- antonyms:
- penetrable, permeable
- similar words:
- blocked, dense, inaccessible, proof, unapproachable
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| definition 2: |
impossible to understand; incomprehensible.
What became of the crew remains an impenetrable mystery.- synonyms:
- incomprehensible, inscrutable, unfathomable
- antonyms:
- clear, intelligible, knowable, penetrable, self-explanatory
- similar words:
- abstruse, dense, elusive, inexplicable, insoluble, mysterious, undecipherable
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| definition 3: |
impossible to influence; immovable.
- synonyms:
- immovable, impervious
- antonyms:
- flexible
- similar words:
- inflexible, intractable, rigid, unreceptive, unyielding
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| related words: |
complex, deep, opaque, repellent, solid, stony, thick, tight |
adverb + (adj.)impenetrable
absolutely, almost, deep, essentially, largely, mostly, nearly, otherwise, seemingly, supposedly, virtually
(adj.)impenetrable
+ adverb
but
(adj.)impenetrable
+ noun
armor,
barrier,
blackness,
border,
boundary,
branch,
bureaucracy,
cloak,
cloud,
curtain,
darkness,
defense,
depth,
encryption,
fog,
forest,
grass,
hedge,
ice,
interior,
jungle,
mass,
maze,
missile,
mystery,
prose,
rain,
secret,
shadow,
shield,
silence,
smoke,
solidity,
stare,
surface,
swamp,
tangle,
thicket,
umbrella,
undergrowth,
valley,
wall,
wood
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| derivations: |
impenetrably (adv.), impenetrability (n.), impenetrableness (n.) |
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